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28 Aug 2012, 10:01 am
From Texas DPS: The U. [read post]
15 Nov 2017, 8:14 am
TAHOKA, TX (KCBD) – Texas DPS has now released the names of two drivers killed in a collision that happened on US 87 south of Tahoka early Tuesday morning. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 6:55 am
Texas roadblocks after lame justification debunkedOn the dubious constitutionality of DPS roadblocks [read post]
10 Apr 2021, 6:48 am
Veronica Escobar that was hosted by the Texas Tribune, Darling shook his head and rolled his eyes when asked a question about DPS. [read post]
6 Oct 2013, 4:59 pm
Following up on a story highlighted on Grits earlier this week, Jeremy Schwartz has a piece in the Austin Statesman today on the Texas Department of Public Safety's decision to install roadblocks in South Texas, a tactic Grits labeled "pure pretext stops." [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 8:17 pm
DPS is refusing documentation that is acceptable to Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS). [read post]
12 Feb 2010, 10:11 pm
Texas DPS troopers will now receive 1/3 less training than in the past before being deployed onto the streets, the Houston Chronicle reported this week:Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said reducing the length of academy training will shave costs, increase recruitment and lead to more frequent classes. [read post]
22 Sep 2016, 3:25 am
He also said that "earlier this year," DPS began requiring troopers to complete an 8-hour deescalation course - provided by the Texas Police Association, a third-party.When told about DPS' comment, Lambert said, "That's not what they conveyed to us. [read post]
28 Apr 2013, 6:47 am
Related Grits coverage:On Defining Drylabbing: More from forensic commission meeting on DPS crime lab debacle 17 and counting: Texas Tribune on DPS crime lab scandal CCA habeas roundup: Four more free from DPS crime lab debacle, an actual innocence writ on pot possession, and death sentence overturnedFort Bend DA failed to notify defendants of misconduct by DPS lab worker The Weakest Link: TDCAA agrees nearly 5,000 cases 'may be jeopardized' by… [read post]
25 Jul 2017, 2:04 pm
"Under Texas law, if 25 people sign a petition requesting a change in DPS Administrative Code rules, the agency has 60 days to either reject the petition or launch the rule making process. [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 3:31 pm
More MSM coverage of the DPS drug lab scandal and the latest overturned sentence out of Galveston via the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (the 17th, by my count), this time from Maurice Chammah at the Texas Tribune. [read post]
12 May 2018, 10:00 am
Ratcliffe wrote for Texas Monthly:The [El Paso] Times' Marty Schladen reports that DPS warning tickets have increased since 2012 by 14.5 percent in border counties, which also saw a 13.5 percent decline in fatal accidents. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 3:29 pm
Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune ("State of Pay," Aug. 3) comparing Department of Public Safety trooper salaries to the larger Texas cities, citing low DPS pay as contributing the agency's more than 10% vacancy rates among troopers. [read post]
21 Nov 2010, 11:57 am
The Texas Tribune and the San Antonio Express News teamed up to analyze nearly 5,000 high-speed chases by DPS troopers. [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 10:50 am
About 5 miles south of I-20, a 26-year old Texas DPS trooper in an SUV was driving northbound along FM 1788 with two others officers riding as passengers. [read post]
17 Oct 2012, 10:10 am
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) did not get much media brouhaha over a recent change in its operating procedures, but something has changed in the way that DPS does things that will impact many, many Texans (and others) who are charged with misdemeanors involving blood alcohol or drug testing. [read post]
25 Jul 2011, 10:44 am
DPS has a new site so you can out the status of your DL, make payments, and work towards lifting that suspension. . https://txapps.texas.gov/txapp/txdps/dlreinstatement/login.do Skip the lines and the glacial inertia at your local DPS office, and let a computer do what most DPS employees can't. [read post]
3 Feb 2023, 10:00 am
The post Texas DPS Finds Chinese Nationals, Who Paid Smugglers $35,000 Each, Crossing Border Illegally first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion. [read post]
17 Jul 2014, 1:53 pm
Reversing a decade long policy implemented after the Texas House shot down the idea in 2003, the Texas Department of Public Safety earlier this year began taking all ten fingerprints of drivers when they apply for a license or a renewal. [read post]
2 Sep 2018, 10:28 am
Those are the underlying pathologies and Texas won't resolve them just by throwing money at the symptoms (i.e., long lines).See related Grits posts:Texas DPS getting a bum rap over proposed driver-license center closuresHow the Driver Responsibility Surcharge contributes to long lines at DPS license centers [read post]
